Submitted on Monday 1st June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Mandatory teaching of British colonisation and slavery
The current curriculum is white washed and pro Britain. It does not reveal Britain's involvement with racism and the negative impact it had in several countries. The current curriculum fails to educate everyone about colonialism and slavery and how it can affect minority groups today.
The government and/or parliament should make sure that everyone is educated about the negative aspects of British history, e.g. colonialism and slavery. The current curriculum includes the slave trade and the development of the British Empire. However, not all schools teach these topics, thus allowing people in this country to be ignorant about the horrible past of this country. It does not help anyone when schools and/or the government decide to censor certain parts of British history.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808
Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961
Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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